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单词 jerry-built
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jer·ry-built

adjective
/ˈdʒeri bɪlt/
/ˈdʒeri bɪlt/
(old-fashioned, disapproving)
  1. built quickly and cheaply without caring about quality or safety草率建成的;粗制滥造的
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: origin unknown; sometimes said to be from the name of a firm of builders in Liverpool, or to allude to the walls of Jericho in the Bible, which fell down at the sound of Joshua's trumpets (Josh. 6:20).
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